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'Intelligent design' goes on trial
    #4724064 - 09/28/05 05:08 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/27/evolution.trial.ap/index.html


'Intelligent design' goes on trial
Evolution cases date back to 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial

Tuesday, September 27, 2005; Posted: 11:19 a.m. EDT (15:19 GMT)

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A school district is undermining science education by raising false doubts about evolution and offering "intelligent design" as an alternative explanation for life's origins, a biologist testified at the start of a landmark trial.

"It's the first movement to try to drive a wedge between students and the scientific process," said Brown University's Kenneth Miller, the first witness called Monday by lawyers for eight families suing the Dover Area School District.

Dover is believed to be the nation's first school system to require that students be exposed to the intelligent design concept.

District policy requires school administrators to read a statement before classes on evolution that says Charles Darwin's theory is "not a fact" and has inexplicable "gaps." It refers students to an intelligent-design textbook for more information.

Intelligent design holds that Darwin's theory of natural selection over time cannot fully explain the origin of life or the emergence of highly complex life forms. It implies that life on Earth was the product of an unidentified intelligent force.
Eight families suing district

The eight families say the district policy promotes the Bible's view of creation, violating the constitutional separation of church and state. But the rural school district of about 3,500 students argues it is not endorsing any religious view and is merely giving ninth-grade biology classes a glimpse of differences over evolution.

"This case is about free inquiry in education, not about a religious agenda," said Patrick Gillen of the Thomas More Law Center in his opening statement. The center, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, lobbies for what it sees as the religious freedom of Christians and is defending the school district.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs began their case by arguing that intelligent design is a religious concept inserted in the school district's curriculum by the school board.

"They did everything you would do if you wanted to incorporate a religious point of view in science class and cared nothing about its scientific validity," attorney Eric Rothschild said.

Miller, the first witness, sharply criticized intelligent design and questioned the work that went into it by one of its leading proponents, Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe, who will be a witness for the district.

The statement read to Dover students states that "because Darwin's theory is a theory, it continues to be tested as new evidence is discovered. The theory is not a fact."
Witness: Theory undermines science

Miller testified that the statement is "tremendously damaging" by falsely undermining the scientific status of evolution.

"What that tells students is that science can't be relied upon and certainly is not the kind of profession you want to go into," he said.

"There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory," he added. On the other hand, he said, "Intelligent design is not a testable theory in any sense and as such it is not accepted by the scientific community."

Miller also challenged the accuracy of "Of Pandas and People," the intelligent-design textbook to which Dover students are referred. Miller said the book omits discussion of what causes extinction. Since nearly all original species are extinct, he said, any intelligent design creator would not have been very intelligent.

During cross-examination, Robert Muise, another attorney for the law center, repeatedly asked Miller whether he questioned the completeness of Darwin's theory.

"Would you agree that Darwin's theory is not the absolute truth?" Muise asked. "We don't regard any scientific theory as the absolute truth," Miller said.
Evolution trials date to 1925

The history of evolution litigation dates to the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, in which Tennessee biology teacher John T. Scopes was fined $100 for violating a state law that forbade teaching evolution.

The Tennessee Supreme Court reversed his conviction on the narrow ground that only a jury trial could impose a fine exceeding $50, and the law was repealed in 1967.

In 1968, the Supreme Court overturned an Arkansas state law banning the teaching of evolution. And in 1987, it ruled that states may not require public schools to balance evolution lessons by teaching creationism. President Bush has also weighed in, saying schools should present both concepts when teaching about the origins of life.

The non-jury trial before U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III is expected to take five weeks.


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Re: 'Intelligent design' goes on trial [Re: Ekstaza]
    #4724391 - 09/28/05 08:33 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

Anyone who beleives in Intelligent design, or think it might be plausible, should listen to the explanation of how evolution actually works. To clear up any misconceptions, such as "evolution happens by chance" which is entirely untrue.

Listen to the audio clip from Richard Dawkins, professor for the Understanding of Science at Oxford and former zoologist.

http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/002416.html#002416


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Re: 'Intelligent design' goes on trial [Re: Ekstaza]
    #4726576 - 09/28/05 05:44 PM (18 years, 5 months ago)

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Since nearly all original species are extinct, he said, any intelligent design creator would not have been very intelligent



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